First record of the blacktip grouper Epinephelus fasciatus (Teleostei: Serranidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Biodiversity Records

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bariche, Michel ^a   Heemstra, Phillip ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

alien species; Epinephelus fasciatus; Lebanon; lessepsian migration; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS FASCIATUS; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84858847679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17552672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267211000509     Document Type: Article

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